The subject matter is a little tame. It took me a while
to paint, on and off for over a month, I used a lot of reference
material for all the coral and sea life and posed my husband and myself
for the characters. In the end, I'm pretty happy.

She's struggling inside. She doesn't want to live the life she was born
to, but doesn't know what to do. Use the venom against herself, against
those who keep her in prison, or make an end of her own desires?

The Fire Nymph
Born of the mating of a human female and a fire Spirit, Once conceived the mother unwillingly carries the fire in her belly until one dreadful day when the burning from within is to great and the mother is incinerated in a burst of flames leaving nothing but ashes surrounding the newly born fire nymph. although their existence is short the Fire Nymph lives its life with great passion and vigor, indulging in all the splendors of the world until its life fizzles out as dramatically as it entered. Hope its not tooo cheesy!

On the edge of the sylvan woodland a dryad calls down the autumn leaves. My homage to the beautiful colours of autumn and dedicated to the memory of "The Emporer", Britain's largest stag taken down during the rutting season by a poacher this autumn. Painted entirely in Corel Painter using one acrylic brush and one blender.

The
characters are naiads, the fresh water sisters to nymphs. I wanted them
young and beautiful but also give a subtle dark undertone. Unlike
nymphs who were by and large altruistic creatures, naiads were just as
likely to drown you as help you.